APhA Immunization Exam | 100
Questions with 100% Correct Answers
What is the minimum needle length recommended for administering HepB vaccine
to an adult patient weighing 130 lb? Correct Answer: Fixed 1-inch needles a
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APhA Immunization Exam | 100
Questions with 100% Correct Answers
What is the minimum needle length recommended for administering HepB vaccine
to an adult patient weighing 130 lb? Correct Answer: Fixed 1-inch needles are
acceptable for patients weighing 60 kg (132 lb) or less.
HZV, MMR, rabies, typhoid, varicella, or yellow fever vaccine should not be
administered to a patient with a history of anaphylaxis to: Correct Answer: Gelatin
Alan is a 47-year-old man who has no documentation of a primary series of
tetanus-containing vaccine. Which of the following would be an appropriate
primary series for Alan? Correct Answer: 1) Tdap
2) Td 4 weeks later
3) Td 6-12 months later
Td booster every 10 years after 3rd dose
Candidate for PPSV23? Correct Answer: All adults 65+ years
Immunocompromised (alcoholism, chronic liver; heart; lung disease, diabetics,
cochlear implants, CSF leak) patients ages 19-64
Children with asthma only if theyre treated with high dose corticosteriods
Name the vaccine-preventable disease that may be contracted by unimmunized
children from adults serving as reservoirs for the disease, which causes a
paroxysmal cough and potentially can result in pneumonia, seizures,
encephalopathy, hypoxia, and death. Correct Answer: Pertussis
Which of the following vaccines may be administered to males and females aged 9
through 26 years to reduce the likelihood of acquiring genital warts? Correct
Answer: 9vHPV
Which of the following key questions is important to ask a patient before
administering IIV? Correct Answer: Are you sick today?
*Mild illness is okay, but moderate to severe acute illness need to be resolved
before getting vaccine.
Live attenuated vaccines.. Correct Answer: produced by weakening the virus or
bacteria to reduce the likelihood that it can cause disease
end to produce more persistent, longer-lasting immunity than inactivated vaccines
must replicate in order for the body to produce an immune response
could cause disease in immunocompromised patients
Circulating antibodies may interfere with a live attenuated vaccine's ability to
replicate.
Inactivated vaccines... Correct Answer: are produced by killing the virus/bacteria
includes polysaccharide vaccines (conjugated [protein altered] or unconjugated),
toxoids, or cellular vaccines
Which type of vaccine involves stimulation of B cells without the assistance of T
helper cells? Correct Answer: A pure polysaccharide
*not recommended for children <2 because of their immature immune system
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